Urinary receptacle.



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APPLIGATIOH FILED OCT. 15, 1904.

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SALLIE E. GAVE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOSINGLETON D. CAVE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

URINARY RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed October 15, 1904. Serial N01 228,633.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALLIE E. CAVE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Urinary Receptacles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to urinary receptacles for men, and has for itsprincipal objects to provide a receptacle which has only suiiicientmaterial at the contracted neck to permit expansion thereof to cleanseit, to provide a urinary receptacle which is free of folds except at theneck, to provide a urinary receptacle which may be worn with comfort andmore fully appearing.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and wherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they 00- our,Figure 1 is a view of the receptacle filled with cotton, parts beingbroken away to show the construction; and Fig. 2 is a view, on a smallerscale, of the blank from which the receptacle is made.

Receptacles or bags of this kind have hitherto been made of circularpieces of material, the periphery of which was gathered to form theneck. Receptacles so constructed are bulky at the top where so much.material was gathered together and narrow at the bottom where theyshould have been large to accommodate the absorbent material. They areunpleasant to wear and cannot be concealed. My improved receptacle isdesigned to overcome these objections.

The receptacles are preferably made of soft rubber, though anywaterproof material may be used in its construction with differentdegrees of satisfaction. The blank is an integral piece of rubber andhas a central portion 1, from the sides of which four similar wings 52extend radially. The wings are substantially ovate in shape, the oval orovoid being truncated at each end, whereby substantially straightterminal edges are provided. The outer ends of the wings form the neckof the bag, and their dimensions are determined by the dimensions of theneck. Obviously the change in dimensions will change the shape of thecurved edge of the wings and the amount of divergence of adjacent edgesof adjacent wings.

The bag is formed by lapping adjacent edges of adjacent wings, asindicated in Fig. 1, and securing them together in any manner known tothe rubber-workers art. The top of the bag is then turned down andsecured to the side to form a channel, as indicated in Fig. 1. In thechannel thus formed an elastic cord 3 is placed. This cord is of such alength that when contracted the neck will be the proper size to be wornand when stretched will be large enough to permit the proper cleansingof the inside of the receptacle.

For use cotton, a sponge, or other absorbent material is put in the bag.A bag so filled is shown in Fig. 1. The bag is distended when filledwith the cotton and its size is not increased by superfluous folds andgathers ofthe material of which it is made. The bottom of the receptaclebeing integral there is little likelihood that leakage will occur byreason of insecure joints. Any free liquid that may escape from theabsorbent material will collect in the bottom, which has no seam orjoint. The folds or gathers at the neck are small and not numerous, sothat the receptacle is not materially bulkier at that point thanelsewhere.

If desired, the blank can be so shaped that the neck of the receptaclewill be the right size without the use of an elastic cord. A receptacleso constructed would be slightly more diiiicult to clean than thepreferred form, but would be otherwise as satisfactory.

Obviously my device is capable of modification within the scope of myinvention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to the specificconstruction shown and described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A urinary receptacle comprising an integral bottom portion and sidewalls integral with said bottom portion, adjacent edges of said sidewalls being secured together and said edges being convexly curved,whereby said receptacle is provided with a wide body portion and anarrow neck.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 12th day of October, 1904.

SALLIE E. CAVE.

Witnesses:

SINGLETON. D. CAVE, FRED F. REIsNER.

